Water-closet bowl



(No Model.)

J. KELLY.

WATER CLOSET BOWL. No. 346,922. Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

N4 PETERS. Phnmiflhognphur, Wnhington, D464 UNITED STATES PA ENT j@rricn. I

J AMES KELLY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATER-CLOS ET BOWL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,922, dated August10, 1886.

Application filed December 28, 1885. Serial No. 186,884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it 'known that I, JAMES KELLY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in\Vater-Oloset Bowls, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The nature of my invention relates to bowls or basins for water-closets,and particularly to those made of porcelain and arranged for awater-supply for emptying and cleaning the bowl and for filling thewater-trap, and that also are arranged to connect with aVentilator-flue. Such bowls heretofore had to be provided with nozzlesfor making the pipe-connectionsone for the water-supply and the otherfor the ventilator-pipe-whieh nozzles were diffieult to mold, wereliable to crack while being burned, and were apt to be broken off duringtransportation of the bowl, and these nozzles frequently were not in thebest position with reference to the location of the water-closet formaking proper connections with the pipes; and it is the object of myinvention to overcome theseheretofore-experienced difficulties.

For this purpose my invention consists in providing the bowl or basinwith an exterior annular groove in its upper rim as well as on itstrap-neck, each such groove communicating with the interior of the bowlor trap neck through an opening of any usual size or shape, and eachsuchgroove I form into a hermetic water or gas duct by clamping a metalband over it with a rubber packing between, this band of metal beingprovided with a nozzle for making the pipe-connection. As will bereadily seen, by loosening such metal band it can be turned to place thepipe-connecting nozzle at any desired point of the circumference of thebowl or neck where it is most convenient to connect the pipe, and thenby tightening such band again it will form a hermetic part of theannular duct that acts as the communicating channel between such pipeand the opening into the bowl or neck, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed and specifically-claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l representsan elevation of a bowlprovided with the annular grooves; Fig. 2, a sectional plan on line 2 2in Fig. 1, with the band in position; Fig. 3, a perspective view of theband for the bowl developed; Fig. 4, a similar view of the band fortheneck developed; Fig. 5, a section on line 5 5 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 asection on line 6 6 in Fig. 2.

Corresponding letters in the several figures of the drawings designatelike parts.

A denotes the bowl of the washout style, which, however, may be of anyother style as, for example, a hopper-basin. Two annular flanges, a a,are formed to the upper rim of the bowl A, providing an endless groove,12, between such flanges, which groove 7) communicates with the interiorofthe bowl through an opening, 0. The goose-neck B, forming thewater-trap to the bowl and connecting with the soil-pipe that leads tothe sewer, I also provide with two annular flanges, d d, the endlessgroove e between which flanges communicating with the interior of thepipe through an opening. f.

G is a band of sheet metal, preferably of brass. This band has rigidlysecured upon it, near each end, a lug, g, with holes for screwbolts h,and anywhere between such lugs this band is provided with a nozzle, t,for connecting a pipe. This band G is bent over and tightened upon theflanges a a by drawing the nuts of the screw-bolts h, a band ofsheet-rubber, j, of the same size as the metal band G being firstinterposed between such band G and flanges a a. The band H is in allrespects the same as band G, excepting that it is shorter, and isclamped over flanges (l d of neck B in the same manner as described forband G. These bands G and H not only provide universal pipe-connectionsto the bowl, but they also serve in adding to the strength of the bowlor basin, which thus becomes metal-bound, and thereby will resistbreakage to a greater extent.

\Vhat I claim isl. Awater-closet bowl orbasin provided exteriorly withannular grooves that communicate with openings leading into such bowl orits neck, in combination with suitable bands or straps to form hermeticchannelsleading from the watersupply or ventilating pipes to suchopenings, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a water-closet bowl or basin having exteriorannular grooves connecting nozz1e,and being adapted tobe clamped nectingwith suitable openings, of metal bands over such groove for forming ahermetic chanadapted to be clamped around such bowl and nel therewith,substantially as and for the purto render such grooves hermeticchannels, subpose set forth.

5 stantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature I 53. A water-closet bowl or basin provided in presence of two witnesses.with one or more exterior annular grooves JAMES KELLY. communicatingwith one or more openings lead- WVitnesses: ing into such bowl or itsneck, in combination RICHARD REINBOLD,

:0 with a metal band or bands having pipe-con- HARRIS W. HUEHL.

